I eat kimchi and tuna fish in the office all the time. The only time we had a problem was when I threw some out on a Friday afternoon and by Monday the office smelled like Rosie O'Donnell's crack sweat. I was not very popular that day.

Solid State Vittles:I had a co-worker that more than once brought durian into our cube farm office when she was pregnant. Yeah, I know it's a traditional nutrient-rich food for pregnant Asian mothers, but NOT COOL.

Oh, and the VP I worked for there wore so much perfume that you could smell her coming about 10 seconds before she got to your desk.

It was almost as if that company was hard of smelling or something.

Had a co-worker who wore so much perfume that you could literally taste it in your mouth when she walked past. Insta-headache for some of us too.

This despite office rules stating that strong scents (cologne, perfume, aftershave, etc.) weren't allowed due to allergies/sensitivities of other employees. She got written up at least three times that I know of and was sent to the ladies' room to wash off as much of the perfume as possible. The fourth time she got suspended for a week without pay and was sent home.

Everywhere I have worked had a microwave that constantly smelled like a cat crapped on a wheel of Parmesan and someone nuked it for an hour. I don't even understand how a microwave can absorb smells like that, since it's all sheet metal.

Also, one of the smartest women I have ever know was a nurse who worked with me, who would burn her popcorn into oblivion every night because she was convinced that it burned off the calories. She weighed all of 110 lbs. She pissed off the entire ER every shift she worked.

Bathia_Mapes:Had a co-worker who wore so much perfume that you could literally taste it in your mouth when she walked past. Insta-headache for some of us too.

This despite office rules stating that strong scents (cologne, perfume, aftershave, etc.) weren't allowed due to allergies/sensitivities of other employees. She got written up at least three times that I know of and was sent to the ladies' room to wash off as much of the perfume as possible. The fourth time she got suspended for a week without pay and was sent home.

Had a supervisor who whenever she got mad at someone in the department would walk through, spraying herself with perfume, even though she KNEW that allergies and asthma ruled in that room. Talk about a hostile workplace.

I worked with a bunch of Vietnamese women who would bring these odd concoctions to work, and pop them in the microwave for lunch. They often included tiny dried shrimp, and fish sauce. The smell was deplorable. I believe a memo was posted in the lunchroom in Vietnamese and English, and the problem stopped. Lovely people though.

I'll admit it. I nuked left over fish AND broccoli once at the office. Nobody complained but I noticed the odor. The next time I used better judgement and asked the cooks in the buildings kitchen to re-heat the fish for me.

For some inexplicable reason, one of the return ducts for our office air handler was in the break room, and somehow ended up upstairs in the executive offices. Rather than fix the problem, they banned popcorn outright after someone lit a bag on fire. So, we put a microwave in the server room since it has a closed system and only a few people had access to it anyway.

I love pot stickers. One time I brought some into work for a dinner meeting, sat down behind some unsuspecting coworkers and opened up the Tupperware. The black girl on the couch in front of me JUMPED up and bolted for the door, screaming something about those "damned Asian people" farting in her g'damn face. The Vietnamese girls immediately started shouting in Vietnamese, and me, the token white girl, laughed until I peed myself. I still laugh aloud at the memory of it. Damn, that was funny.

There are rules at my (open plan) office about no smelly food. A coworker brings in fried mackerel for lunch about three times a week. After he's reheated it the whole place reeks of burnt greasy fish. I know at least six people have complained to the department head who in turn has asked the fishy offender to knock it off but the arse-for-brains thinks he's above all such petty concerns.

This guy, not me, put expired popcorn in the microwave, set it for 10 minutes and walked away. We stopped it at four minutes but it still stunk up the place. The very next day, he did it again. He had to carry the microwave outside to air it out.

Lsherm:I eat kimchi and tuna fish in the office all the time. The only time we had a problem was when I threw some out on a Friday afternoon and by Monday the office smelled like Rosie O'Donnell's crack sweat. I was not very popular that day.

I wonder if that would be better or worse than Rosie O'Donnell (When she was bigger) In tight leather for several hours?

/Exit to Eden..//Dana Delaney naked ftw.///Would still enjoy being dominated by her once in my life..

They banned fish from the microwaves here. Someone was putting fish in until it was dried up and reeked of low tide. One time it was so bad half the floor stank of fish for days. I think the only worse thing I ever smelled was a woman that had a seizure or some kind of attack at work and threw up all over the elevator lobby. No matter what they did the smell would not go away and they were too cheap to just rip up the carpet.

Missing from the 'smelly office smells list': People from poor countries (going to make this is nondiscriminatory as possible) rotating onsite who don't understand you're supposed to shower more than once a week

/We had a meeting room that took literally DAYS to air out from BO smell from one guy who was in it for 30 minutes

A coworker used to reheat fish in the break room right next to my office.I asked her why she used this break room when there was one right next to her office?She said the smell bothered people near the other break room.

Oh gawd. The floor I sit on is full of Indians. Every day around 11:30 it's like someone set of a farking stink bomb. I don't know what it is they're making but it smells like Diarrhea and B.O. It's farking disgusting.

I can't stand the lunchroom patroller. Red Alert!!!!! Let's bring business to a grinding halt so you can find out who left a cup in the sink for three minutes........Please send email blasts weekly about dishwasher procedure. Please have a meltdown about how you just can't handle the ketchup packets piling up in the fridge.......

Gilligann:A coworker used to reheat fish in the break room right next to my office.I asked her why she used this break room when there was one right next to her office?She said the smell bothered people near the other break room.

abhorrent1:Oh gawd. The floor I sit on is full of Indians. Every day around 11:30 it's like someone set of a farking stink bomb. I don't know what it is they're making but it smells like Diarrhea and B.O. It's farking disgusting.

Um. They're called Native Americans. And fresh killed buffalo is supposed to smell.

abhorrent1:Oh gawd. The floor I sit on is full of Indians. Every day around 11:30 it's like someone set of a farking stink bomb. I don't know what it is they're making but it smells like Diarrhea and B.O. It's farking disgusting.

Reminds of the smell at the company gym when working out with Indians. Must be the currie.

abhorrent1:Oh gawd. The floor I sit on is full of Indians. Every day around 11:30 it's like someone set of a farking stink bomb. I don't know what it is they're making but it smells like Diarrhea and B.O. It's farking disgusting.

Maybe they went to the gym and shiat themselves. Be a little compassionate.

Since I am the only employee, I don't have to worry about such things, as it's actually my own microwave I bought myself, and my own food. I'd be concerned about bad smells and burned food, because I am also the only business in the building. Who would be using my oven?

I get this steam-in-bag stuff called Tuscan Broccoli that I eat for lunch a few times a week. The woman who sits nearest the employee kitchen apparently hates the smell, as does our assistant manager. One he walked by and asked if there was a sewage leak in the kitchen. The stuff does smell like poop.

maybe if you guys were actually working instead of hanging around the break room you wouldn't notice that smell. maybe the reasons indians and asians are taking all of your jobs is because they don't let things like "a smell i'm not accustomed to" get in the way of their work.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom:I get this steam-in-bag stuff called Tuscan Broccoli that I eat for lunch a few times a week. The woman who sits nearest the employee kitchen apparently hates the smell, as does our assistant manager. One he walked by and asked if there was a sewage leak in the kitchen. The stuff does smell like poop.